to say that a team is canada’s team when they reach the conferance final was debunked last year. we are canada’s team because we incorperate the best of what canada is. a little bit of a, pinch of b, and a dash of c.
im as anglo as they come, but as far as hockey goes, the french have done more than their share. i say canada’s team should have the most fans worldwide.
thats us.
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Hey you know what, the Thrashers is a great name, and the name of the best AAA Midget team in Canada. I could live with that. I hope you have a great family reunion. Ours is at the farm. Drinks will be had.

Vancouver is the last canadian team left in the playoff, as such it is Canada’s team.
Bitter people can’t appreciate, they can only be jealous.
Vancouver is an awesome city, as much as Canada is an awesome country.

To me, all that’s left in the playoffs is a matchup and a victory that would make me laugh so that’s why I back a SJS Cup win over the Bruins in the Final, to see Joe Thornton taking a victory lap in the Gahden.

Vancouver looks way too dominant. Heatley and Marleau are missing in action and if they don’t step it up it’ll be over in 4-5 games. Jumbo Joe can’t do it alone. But boy would I love to see him as a Hab.

No friigin way Vancouver is Canada’s team I am rooting fo,no friggin way!
I’m going for the team closest to my city near Hamilton and that’s the Bruins which everyone should root for if they live in Eastern Canada and root for an original 6 team!
Bruins all the way baby!

You’re cheering for the blood enemy of this team, a team that nearly ended the career of one of our young stars and than said he was faking his injury and has done nothing but whine and try to tarnish MTL’s reputation for months with ridiculous accusations.

How do you call yourself a Habs fan, honestly? They stand for bully tactics, double-talk and cowardice.

I hope the peg gets a team. They had a loyal fan base. I just think the name last resorts would be a nice shot back at the league and even players like Shane Doan who would refuse to go. If the players complain they should get paid for the market they are in. Why should someone playing in Phoenix with no pressure to win get paid the same as someone that is under the microscope in other citys. If the team was breaking even or was even close it it I would be ok with it but when you have dumping cash on a losing cost move the team. Can’t have your cake and eat it too

I have friends in Arizona and they are not happy their tax dollars are just being wasted on the Yotes. I would be too. I think the tax payers are paying like 25 million a season of 35 million debt. That is 25 million that could be used elsewhere in the city.

Ok, I get your meaning. Generally I don’t really care what people think of the city I live in. Winnipeg is like that kid in your class who everybody writes off, but then surprises you a bit when you get to know him, or when suddenly he goes all ape sh!t and kicks the snot out of the class bully. Like that kid. Yeah.

I still just don’t get the hype around Bieksa, first time he’s really doing something in the playoffs but this time around he’s doing it after VAN stacks their defence up. In previous years when he had to be ‘the guy’ he wasn’t much for them. In Montreal, who does he replace? Gorges, hahaha, leadership man and our best defensive defencemen. Markov? Not with Yemelin on the books and he’s still better on one leg than Bieksa on two. Gill? Our PK expert and another giant voice in the room? No. Besides, if we make room for his salary level (3.75) would we really sign him, or bring back the Wiz who we know fits with this team? Or neither because there’s this defencemen who’s already better than him called PK Subban we have to extend next season?

Oh and the Red Wings are losing another assistant coach, Brad McCrimmon will be leaving the team to angle for a HC position. This is after Todd McLellan left in 08-09 to take over the SJS bench. I guess Ken Holland should be fired for letting these guys walk.

Pat, there’s this thing called the salary cap. Yemelin is costing MTL less than a million dollars this year and that’s why we have him, we’re almost certainyly bringing Markov back to ease his transition and b/c when healthy he is an elite talent. Gorges is a shutdown defencemen and you can’t win without them, he’s solid for the locker room and this team needs leaders.

Highest profile UFA is also subjective compared to the year you’re a UFA, being the top of the heap of middling UFAs isn’t that impressive.

I don’t Yemelin is a star, but he was one of the best defencemen in the KHL over the last two years and at his cost, it’s silly not to give him a shot and we have no proof of whether Yemelin would drive Bieksa right through the boards or vice versa since he hasn’t played here.

I don’t find his overall play that impressive and I don’t see why we’d move heaven and earth to take on a 3-4 defencemen when we could drop an offer on the Wiz, plus we have this need to make sure we have room in 12-13 to keep Subban and Price.

I think Wiz and Bieksa are likely to get pretty similar contracts, and there’s no question I’d take Bieksa first of those two. Neither will get an offer from the Habs. The emergence of Subban does make me pause for a second to consider Bieksa over Markov for toughness reasons, but overall that’s a step down so no dice there.

I’m interested to see how a physically small D with lots of speed and puck skills makes out in a playoff series – we have yet to see a healthy brigade back there to test this philosophy.

Pat we HAVE to roll the dice on guys like Yemelin (who hopefully will not be Lemon-ilin) partly due to cap but also because we don’t have high draft pix and we don’t have the depth to trade for anyone of substance and our kids are still too young. We have to buy a year or two until JM and Gomer are gone.

Remember – Markov, Halak, Streit – all under the radar guys, and that’s who we have to find. No choice unless we want to sit here in the middle forever.

I still would love to have Bieksa on my team thought. Very gritty, not a defensive liability. However, with this playoff success he has just written himself a 5mill. per year contract with someone (I hear Brian Burke calling, Jeff Finger is off the books soon)

First, I would like thank all for not getting personal eventhough some of you don’t agree with what I say about Bieska. I understand emotions come into play when discussing the habs. At the end of the day, we all want the samething “The Stanley Cup”

Yes, emelin is a minor gamble, I hope it does workout but I know he is not the answer to our prayers. Just remember one thing, playing tough in the KHL is very different than playing tough in the NHL–it is not even in the same ball park.

For the past 5 -7 years, we counted to much on this speed, finisse, play nice hockey, and it didn’t work–I have no more tolerance for that argument. We need to play angry, we need to play with hatred, by that i don’t mean goon hockey but good old fasioned tough hockey. Bieska can be the start of bringing in that element. If we want a player like that it can happen. No excuses or stories, just make it happen. Sure, we need our finisse, talented players, but we need mean,angry players to allow them to work their majic. It the 3rd and 4th lines that bring a team to the promise land. So Bieska is just the start.

Somehow, we need to change the chemistry of this team. I’m not going to pretend that I have all the answers,or I know all the players we need, but I do know this, we focus too much on a European model and that European model does not work in the NHL. The KHL is no comparrison to the NHL. To be tough in the KHL is probably not that easy but I gurantee you, to play tough in the NHL on a game by game basis is on another level.

For me that data speaks for itself. We lost to boston/flyers 4 years in a row, I don;t care about overtimes, 1 game wins, 7 games blah blah blah–we still lost. We are just not mean enough(again not goon hockey) to play against these teams. We would get hammered if we played vancouver or san jose right now.

So sign a guy who’s potentially injury-prone? That’s a fantastic idea. Isn’t that why people said we needed to lose Markov? I’ve seen the guy in the playoffs, I’ve never seen this great defensive end ability he supposedly has.

It’s not that just that we can’t keep Gorges either if we take Bieksa, it’s we have to lose Gorges and somebody else, he won’t sign for under 4 million considering he’s at 3.75 going into free agency and Gorges is maybe costing 2.5-3 mil. He’s not the best offensive defencemen there, or the best defensively. He’s needed VAN to stack their D since last year to start looking good again by taking away the need for him to ‘the guy’ b/c either he’s not capable of playing to that level or he can’t elevate himself. If we’re taking a guy on in that salary range, take Wiz, we know he fits on the team and will give it all he has.

Well he was injured for 3 straight seasons and if people can hang that on Markov over 2 seasons than logically that makes Bieksa even more injury-prone. As I’ve said before, I don’t see the two-way game that makes him such a valuable commodity, two years ago his team got hammered by CHI after a walkover of the St Louis Blues, same as last year and this year they were a bounce away from the ultimate humiliation.

He is a 3-4 defencemen who isn’t that solid in his own end. If it comes down to it, I don’t see why he’d get more hype over Wisniewski, who we at least know fits with the team.

Why can’t the broadcasters for the CBC pronounce simple 500 year old Canadian names. Last night, this guy Marek, could not pronounce Claude, nor Julien, but has no problem with Khabiboulyn or Lucic. If an american did this with San Joseé (pronouce hosé) he would get his pink slip by 9:00 am the next morning. H

I agree. Send Gomez away. With his insane contract he will be a cancer on this team until it expires. What a great example to our younger players watching him skate around doing diddly dick and collecting $8M. Sending him down after 2 years of doing nothing makes sense and sets the bar. Go for it.

“Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.” – Hesiod

Just read an obit piece on American physicist Maurice Goldhaber who passed away last week. He was almost as young as the Habs are old. Mau distinguished himself through his extensive study of neutrinos, ubiquitous subatomic particles with almost zero mass.

In other news, Ben Eager’s brain.

Seems to me Marleau willingly got into it with Bieksa and, in fact, admitted as much to reporters after the game, “I haven’t fought too many times, but I know when to drop my gloves. It was my decision to.” And then Marly proceeded to take his face and rock Bieky’s fist with it a number of times.

Whatever the case, I liked the way Dan didn’t make a big production of the whole thing and just kinda sproinged right back up. And he looked energized. So did his bro, who later gave Eager’s leg a little stick tap as they skated off, probably thankin’ the meathead for the dose of adrenaline.

Then the ‘Nucks proceeded to absolutely, mercilessly demolish the Sharks.

Admittedly, pullin’ for Van-C, if only because I’ve got family and friends out west who are rabid fans. Moreover, I don’t have any particular attachment to San-J and, frankly, don’t feel like seein’ a duplicitous whiner like Heatley win anythin’.

Besides, it won’t change the fact those Sedin dudes are a hair unsettlin’. They give me the willies, followed by the heebie-jeebies, then a solid dose of the jim-jams. Someone earlier mentioned David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers; that same film has crossed my mind many a time when I see those matchin’ beards.

I’ve said this before. I think owners who are actively trying to sell a team are unlikely to sell assets before they actually sell the team. The players are the assets – you won’t deal them and diminish the value of the team. Andrew Ladd is an asset. Now what you might get for him after the potential deal is done is speculative, because I think the new owners won’t be wheeling and dealing until they know what they’ve actually purchased.

But, he is an RFA, and has already rejected a contract extension. If he doesn’t want to sign, knowing that there is an uncertain ownership situation, the GM’s hands could be tied, because he could very well be signed to an offer sheet on July 1. If that’s the case, why not trade him for some assets that you can control?

I’m not saying it will happen, but I think it’s possible. If Ladd is available, the Habs need to get in on it. I thought they should have gotten him last summer too. He is just what we need. A winger with some size and grit who can score and has won 2 cups with two different teams. Perfect player for the Habs.

That’s right, he is an RFA-forgot about that. But I still think the Thrash will be in a holding pattern until the whole situation is worked out. If he gets an offers sheet then that might be a chance they take while they’re dealing with other issues – really big issues.

Bettman keeps on saying we have a buyer for this team(whichever team he is trying to sell at the moment)Truenorth will buy them and move the to Winnipeg then lo and behold another sucker shows up to plunk down his millions and take a chance.

My opinion the best thing for the habs to do send Gomez to Hamilton. this would give them an opportunity to add some size to the top two lines. again just my opinion size made a difference for their recent playoff loss to Boston…..

How did size make a difference in the Boston loss exactly? I’m not saying that we don’t need to add size, but I don’t think it was a problem in the Boston series. We were one goal away in overtime from sending them to the golf course. If Halpern doesn’t get waived out of the circle, we might still be playing.

I somwhat agree. If Pacioretty, Markov and Gorges were there, we would of dispatched them quickly. Pacioretty would give us the power forward element we were lacking to score more and Markov and Gorges would have given us better overall defense.

I’m just saying that even with our lack of size, that series could have been ours and almost was, so it wasn’t really the determining factor in our demise against Boston.

We choked up a fur ball against ‘Ruins because we turtled in our own end when we had our skate on their throat 2-0 coming home!!!!

We didn’t attack in their end, we waived the white f*cking flag, played “prevent” defence and the responsibility for THAT is with our genius general Jacques Martin who is so freaking smart he’s sitting at home while punk kid Guy Boucher is still coaching.

Am I still bitter? Hell yeah.

Wait till Boucher gets Tampa to the final, you’ll see some posts around here.

Guy the Great’s team blew two leads in the last game, might have won had his team not chocked on a three-goals-in-six minute fur ball. He’s letting an 19 year old rip his team apart with his speed, can’t Guy coach his D to defend against a 19 year old who hasn’t played in over a month?

So what phillys best defenseman was injured? Our two best defensemen were injured and we put up a much better fight against boston than philly did. Not to mention that we dont have the depth at forward that philly has.

Kirkiswork: How people forget the pumbling we took in a game during the regular season from boston and they say size doesn’t matter.
I’m not saying it’s all about size, but 3 or 4 big boys on this team and Chara would not have done what he did to pacioretty and gotten away with it. that’s all I’m saying.

The much bigger Flyers didn’t play as good as the Habs did against Boston. If The habs had phillys size I don’t think Boston would be still playing.

Ladd and Higgins have had different career paths. In Carolina, Ladd was never a top-6 player. In Chicago, he was not a top-6 player, but on both team he was a contributor. He won cups on both teams and got good experience. When he was traded to Atlanta, Ladd was given much more responsibility (and the captaincy) and had his best scoring year.

Higgins was put on the top 6 and did reasonably well early, but couldn’t keep it up. He has since bounced around and has had his work ethic questioned at pretty much every stop. He was down to his last chance in Vancouver, and luckily for him he is on a stacked team where he doesn’t have to produce much. Good for him.

Ladd seems to be rounding into the player that he was projected as (former 4th overall pick), whereas Higgins is finally in the role he should have been in all along, which is 3rd-line energy player.

Ladd could play on the first line with Pleks and Cammy or the 3rd line with Eller and AK. Point is, he would add some more scoring depth and give us some size, grit and leadership too. Great player to pick up.

Anyone remember last years playoffs Chi vs Van.Ladd had a running battle with Kesler.Kesler called Ladd a coward in the press…very next game,Ladd beat Kesler up…again
Andrew Ladd has been one tough hombre since his days in junior.add that to 20 goals a year,gold.

Please Canada take the Canucks as your team. I really cannot stand them. Not because they are a very well assembled team. Nope, it`s because the CBC who NEVER cheers for the Canadiens, cannot control their juices when it`s Toronto or for now the Canucks. And to add insult to injury, I have to listen to Jim “west is the best” Hughson. Aurghhhhhhh

I saw on the fourth period rumours that the habs are trying to sign wiz. Not sure how that rumour could be true. With the addition on Yemelin we dont’ have the cap space unless we are considering dumping Gomez in the minors/trade

Keep in mind that Hamrlik’s $5.5 million salary is also coming off the books. Assuming that we can get Wiz for around $4.5 million, then Emelin + Wiz = Hamrlik’s cap hit. Plus the cap is going up a couple of million.

Wiz will go to the open market (unless we trade his rights and he signs an extravagant deal with the team we trade him to) and some team will throw big money at him.

He and Ehrhoff are the two best UFA d-men out there. Wiz finished 5th in D-men scoring last year. He has a gritty side that teams will like. He played hurt in the playoffs, which shows his heart. He will get paid. I would love to keep him, but not at the price he will command.

For sure he has great value, and he will get rewarded for his work.
Some think that with Hamrlik’s contract up we could just offer him that money, and I guess that would work.
I just don’t feel he warrants a long term deal at above 5 millions.
For comparison, Kaberle got 5 year deal at 4.25million per, after he had a season of 67 points. Now market has changed and cap increased for sure, but I just don’t feel he is worth a deal of say around 23 millions for 4 years.

His defencive play, his history of suspension and injury comes into play as well.

we’ve all been assuming they will keep Gill… but if they find a way to squeeze Wiz under the cap, I’d say that’s probably the end of Gill. We would have 8 d-man under contract(assuming Markov and Gorges get signed).

Just read the Boivin article and not that I’m trying to undermine his accomplishments in any way but would it be fair to say that the lock-out helped in a great deal rebuild the fanaticism in the club that had been waning?
A lot of it centred around the Artiste as well if I recall, who wiped out Boston after the slash to the hand beforehand, who signed with the club during thereby giving Saku the “winger” we’d been promised for so long, and who attracted awed crowds everywhere he went in this province after.
The lockout deprived us of kraft dinner for a year. Crap food or not, we were starvin. But they came back with boeuf bourgignon and that’s what we’ve been eatin since. Sure, it’s not the best dish in the world but it’s better than kraft dinner.
Marketing helps fersure, but a better product helps even more. Coming back with a better product, alot of it focusing on the Kovy acquisition, after the lock-out, imo, is what put the gleam back in the team.

The other criticism of Boivin is that he has brought US style circus antics to the temple of hockey.

I’d eliminate the fitness trainers dancing during timeouts, shooting t-shirts into the crowd, the big horn sound after each goal, the piped in fake crowd noises, the white towels, all that crap that we found so lame when other teams did it.

I have to laugh at the people saying Higgins was a terrible trade. I mean rotflmao not just a chuckle. Let’s see, he SUCKED so bad here in Montreal for so long he was was traded to New York. He SUCKED so bad and for so long in New York, he was traded to Calgary. He SUCKED so bad in Calgary he was traded to Vancouver. He finally gets his game going a bit and there are some numbskulls claiming it was a bad trade by Montreal management???? Really have to laugh at some of the complete nonsense that gets posted here on a daily basis.

The Gomez trade was a terrible trade. But it had nothing to do with Higgins, Higgins was a crappy player nobody wanted who was a throw-in on the Gomez deal. The Gomez deal was a bad deal because we gave up McDonough for Gomez. Everytime we play the Rangers for the next 10 years we will be reminded how bad the Gomez trade was.

He’s no longer a prospect after having played half the season in the NHL. He may fizzle out, but lets be honest, he won’t and would have been a top 4 d-man for us for many years; .

NYR get Gaborik and McDonaugh, habs get Scott Gomez, what a GM.

Also in response to below, Nash has already played 2 games in the NHL and had a good year with the dogs. possible 5/6, but certainly nothing you couldnt buy on the open market for near the league minimum.

The Gomez trade was as bad as a trade can be. We took an anchor that was drowning Sather – and we coughed up McDonagh and Higgins for the privilege of getting fleeced. A brutal, horrific deal – right up there with the sneering, alpha-male Mario Tremblay embarrassing Roy and setting into motion his departure.

Higgins had one bad season with the habs cause he was injured and missed over 24 games. I wouldn’t say he sucked. he had over 20 goals three seasons in a row with the second last season here he had 27. He hasn’t played well since he left Montreal until this year.

Not sure what happened to him but he is a decent PP, PK and third line player who can play on the top two if needed.

Regardless i can see why he was traded as he was declining in the role he had here but I wouldn’t say he sucked.

Guys, Higgins just plain sucked…he had so many chances to score over 30 a year here and continued to shoot right into the goalies chest protector everytime. I love how he thought he was a top 6 forward and felt insulted when he left Montreal…lmao…I guess NY, Calgary, and Florida felt the same as I, or he would not be in Vancouver today. That deal was essentially MacDonough (who at the time had regressed in his development), and a russian defencemen that looks unimpressive with the Connecticut Whale, for Tom Pyatt and Gomez. We could debate all day here on wether Gomez was needed to obtain free agents that refused to play in Montreal for years. I do wish that we still had MacDonough like many other D men we have let go, but I have the luxury of reviewing this trade in hindsight. Gainy didn’t have the beneift when he pulled the trigger – not sticking up for him.

Higgins is a 2nd or 3rd liner at best, we never gained anything regards to trading him however he is playing well in the playoffs and good luck to him. Laps means well and he gives his all, he’ll always be a 4th liner good luck to him also. at least they have a chance to win something that won’t be happening in montreal anytime soon. The Habs have a good team but you have to be better than good to win a cup.

Now that the Nucks are headin off to Cali, I’ll watch their games.
Cuz in Couver, with that half-azzed singer (yeah we KNOW the crowd is singing; can’t you still do your JOB?), the childishly stale announcer treating the fans like kindergarteners, the clueless crowd chanting looo after every save not realizing how stupid they look when it goes in on the rebound, even the green guys, they pay big money so that they can’t eat or drink all game, wear spandex, and clown around the box so they can be on TV every night…for what exactly? I mean…everything about Couver’s hockey-fêting rubs me the wrong way and…ugh, I can’t, I just can’t do it. I can’t be a part of a moron-fest, I just can’t do it.
Sorry about that but there it is. Dump the singer, dump the announcer, change the goaler; we’ll talk again. Green guys can stay; I can be accommodating, but the rest is so lame, it’s gotta go.
Look at San Jose, San JOSE, ferpetessakes: They play the music from “Jaws”.
Boom.
Simple. Efficient. Exponentially more clever than anything Couver’s come up with.

People are hating on the Canucks for bring good. When CAL or EDM has an unlikely run, the ROC falls all over itself to be first to the front of the bandwagon. When a well-built team rises to an elite level after a long building period, Canadians rush to bash it to bits for not being the underdog. It bugs me.

No! Look at Corey Perry.Everyone thought he was content to be that player who gets under your skin,even though we watched his play in London and thought he was destined to be a star.
I think he decided to get serious this year.
I don’t think another year with Pouliot could hurt.

Watching Seguin play so well last game made me feel for one day what Bruins fans must have felt like for the decade of the 70’s. Pollack’s brilliant trade to get Lafleur. Now we watch as Boston perhaps pulled off a similar move in getting Seguin through the Toronto Golden Seals. The only piece missing was Boston trading someone to Edmonton in order that they then get the 1st choice.

Higgins and Lapierre are both having a good playoffs for Vancouver, which naturally makes a lot of fans feel ready to trash the Habs for trading them. But it was clear during Higgins’ last year here that he no longer wanted to be here. On a couple of occasions he made disrespectful comments about the fans; and in the second half of the season, when the team had fallen apart, there were reports in the French media that he turned up at practice “dans un état épouvantable.” He has since been shunted around to three other teams before being traded to the Canucks. If this has made him rethink his career and decide to turn things around, well, good for him. But there’s no guarantee it would have happened here.

As for Lapierre, my understanding is that he was dissatisfied with his role and ice-time and asked to be traded. And I think Gauthier wanted to clear a roster spot to bring up Desharnais. Lapierre was a valuable player for us in last year’s playoffs, but he didn’t do much in Anaheim. If he and Higgins have found their niche in Vancouver, at least they won’t be hurting us (much) next year.

Vancouver is also a very well balance talent laden team. Role players on really talented teams always shine even brighter. Other teams concentrate on shutting down the Sedin line or the Kesler line and suddenly the 3rd and 4th lines get alot more open ice to play on. It is a product of a really good team. Looking back at the great RedWing teams of the past decade and look at the 3/4th role line players that became stars/well known players as a result of being on a good team.

A more recent example is Kris Versteeg. 3rd line winger on Chicago, becomes a big name, goes to Toronto with no depth and cannot play big line minutes.

I live in Vancouver and have for about 6 years now (originally from MTL), and I do find Vancouver lacks culture and class. It is FULL of stuck up pretentious people who care more about the type of car they are driving and how much higher above others they are.
Obviously this isnt the only type of people out here but its pretty pathetic.
I scoff when someone says it is the “best place on earth” or its the best city in canada to live in. Its nice, but MTL has such a life to the city such a mix of cultures and not such a segregated feel to it as Vancouver does.
But still thats my 2 cents… if you like it who am I to try to change your mind.

What I dislike most is the implied facts they spout, I know of alot of people cheering for the Canucks since the Habs went down.
And I’d say Vancouver is the province I have the most interest in visiting as well.

So we traded Lapierre because he wanted PK time and for whatever reason, JM didn’t agree. He’s played great this playoffs and I’ve always been disappointed by the trade because he’s a good bottom 6 player.

Kinda annoys me how many quality players that have been dumped because of JM. Hope Max gets his cup this year.

Higgins is playing great. Wish we kept him but I don’t feel that bad about trading him. Glad to see him playing some good hockey.

One day the Habs will win a trade… I think the last one they won was the Max/Gorges for Rivet trade. The rest of either been even or a huge loss.

Going forward we need to model our team after Vancouver. Skilled, puck-moving defensemen, big, skilled forwards in the top 6..a gritty bottom 6….who hits and can fight.

“Kinda annoys me how many quality players that have been dumped because of JM. ”

Your definition of “quality player” is definitely different from mine, if you include Lapierre in that category.

A 4th line player/agitator who averages 12 minutes of ice-time per game yet demands a trade because of a lack of playing time is not someone I want on my team. He was never even made a healthy scratch, but I guess that wasn’t good enough for him.

I’m glad they got rid of him and his sense of self-entitlement. At least with Gauthier and JM it’s clear cut, if you don’t have the team mentality then we don’t want or need you. No more primadonna’s that think they should get whatever they want.

They’re not my team and Hewson’s referring to the Sedins by first name only is just bush league, as far as I’m concerned. Speaking of the dorkie twins, isn’t there something creepy
about grown men looking exactly alike. I mean, you’d think one would grow his hair longer or wear his beard differently. Is mom still dressing them in cute little matching sailor suits?

Your bitterness belittles only you…the Sedins are great players, and personally I would love to have them play for the Habs.
And it’s Jim Houson, not “Hewson” BTW, and many announcers call them by their first names – it’s the only good way to call a game with twins playing. Mike Emrick called them by their first names for the past 2 games on the VS telecast.
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The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. ~Susan Sontag

Ever see the movie “Dead Ringers”? Maybe the twins are into that sort of thing, you know? I thought it would have been hilarious if they switched places after they got picked for the All Star teams, just to see if anyone figured it out.

SnowManHabs85–I guess you have not seen Bieska play before the playoffs b/c its not just one game–I watched him play many times this year, and everytime I watch him I say why doesn’t Montreal get him–keep your head up if he is on the ice–thats all i got to say

No, I would not trade Tinordi but I really have not seen tinordi enough to make a complete assessment on where he is developmentally. Definitely, I would have a meeting asap with my head scout and see where he is b/c no option is off the table for bieska–he can play, he is intense, and do not go in front of the net, i don’t care who you are b/c he will make you pay the price–this is a player that well tell Lucic or thorton or anybody for that matter”you try me”

Forget the excuses,if you want a player that badly you will get him.. Of course i would not sell the farm but i definitely would be whealing and dealing to get him—i think if you are going to trade, well than trade players we have and drop salaries and don’t resign some of our UFAs–Bieska should be a priority–he would put character on our team and at least we have a mean streak with him–I LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYS HOCKEY

I realize we can’t always keep everyone, but let’s at least try and get a decent return. The Ribeiro trade being another prime example.

The fact that Lapierre asked to be traded means nothing to me. I would have told him to shut up and work his way back into the line-up. Habs management needs to work on fitting round pegs into square holes.

I mentioned the riberio trade a few years ago on the website but i had about 20 replies going at me b/c of their loyality to Gainey–that trade was and is one of the biggest jokes–we got taken to the cleaners on the trade

the best was a few posts stated that he had substance abuse problem and thats why gainey needed to trade him–yeah, i know, in dallas there are no substances

Pat…you know Mike Riberio came on national T.V between periods of a Dallas game and thanked Bob Gainey for the 2nd chance he had given him, by sending him to Dallas.He and Theodore were traded but the coach lost his job too.Mr Gillette who owned the team had a big part in the decision and Claude Julien told the story that the Gillette family and Bob Gainey took no pleasure in the decision.

Issie–they are just being political correct and riberio is saying thanks for making me look good on this trade

enough is enough with these excuses in regards to gainey’s mistakes–i don’t want to hear it no more–he made the habs into the softest team in the NHL while convincing the majority of hab fans that he was a genious–